Methods and molds for producing customized hot pour products
AssigneeCosmetics Group USA, Inc.
InventorAlfred E. Booth
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Abstract
A mold and a process for preparing a customized hot pour product formed of a hot pour material. The process comprises the steps of providing a mold having a top part with a pour space and a base part, applying hot pour material into the mold through the pour space and allowing the hot pour material to cool, removing the top part of the mold to provide a first exposed surface, and releasing the base part to provide a second exposed surface. The mold may be customized to include inserts, removable members, projections, recesses, and combinations thereof in the base part and/or top part, thereby providing for a hot pour product with one or more exposed surfaces that are embossed, debossed, or both.
Claims35
A process for preparing a customized cosmetic product comprising the steps of:
- providing a mold assembly for casting hot pour material in a fluid state, the mold assembly having two separable parts, a first part being a base part with a plurality of spaced apart cavities extending therethrough and a second part being a top part that engages the base part and having a plurality of pour spaces disposed along its top surface;
- suspending removable patterned inserts within said spaced apart cavities, said inserts defining different customized patterns or designs;
- applying hot pour material into the removable patterned inserts through the pour space.
A process for preparing a customized cosmetic product comprising the steps of:
- providing a mold assembly for casting hot pour material in a fluid state, the mold assembly having a first part being a top part and a second part being a base part having a plurality of spaced apart cavities extending therethrough each, cavity containing at least one insert, wherein the top part has a plurality of pour spaces disposed along a top surface, wherein the at least one insert has a pattern on its bottom surface, is removable and defines customized patterns or designs;
- applying hot pour material into the at least one removable patterned insert through the pour space and allowing the hot pour material to cool;
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- wherein the at least one removable patterned insert is suspended within a respective one of the spaced apart cavities.
Customized cosmetic product creation apparatus, comprising:
- a mold assembly comprising at least two parts, a first part being a base part having top and bottom surfaces with a plurality of spaced apart cavities extending through said top and bottom surfaces;
- a second part being a top part having top and bottom surfaces and engaging the top surface of said base part along the bottom surface of said top part;
- a plurality of pour spaces disposed along the top surface of said top part respectively aligned, and in fluid communication with, the spaced apart cavities of said base part;
- removable, replaceable patterned inserts respectively suspended within each of said spaced apart cavities for receiving hot pour materials, said inserts defining different customized patterns or designs, whereby the hot pour materials, within the confines of said patterned inserts, when cooled, form cosmetic products having corresponding patterns or designs produced on at least one surface of the cosmetic product formed from the same mold assembly;
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- the hot pour materials inserted into said removable patterned inserts through said pour spaces.
Customized cosmetic product creation apparatus, comprising:
- a mold assembly comprising at least two separable parts, a first part being a base part having top and bottom surfaces with a plurality of spaced apart cavities extending through said top and bottom surfaces;
- a second part being a top part having top and bottom surfaces and engaging the top surface of said base part along the bottom surface of said top part;
- a plurality of pour spaces disposed along the top surface of said top part respectively aligned, and in fluid communication with, the spaced apart cavities of said base part;
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- removable, replaceable patterned inserts respectively suspended within each of said spaced apart cavities for receiving hot pour material, said inserts defining customized patterns or designs, whereby hot pour material, within the confines of said patterned inserts, when cooled, form cosmetic products having different patterns or designs produced from the same mold assembly on an upper surface of the cosmetic products.
A mold for creating a cosmetic product from a hot pour material, comprising:
- a base part having top and bottom surfaces, the base part defining at least one aperture therethrough;
- a top part having top and bottom surfaces, the top surface of said base part engaging the bottom surface of said top part, the top part defining at least one pour space aligned with the at least one aperture of the base part;
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- a patterned insert suspended within the at least one aperture, the patterned insert defining a customized pattern and being configured to receive a hot pour material poured through the pour space to form a cosmetic product having a product pattern corresponding to the customized pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.